Comments on: Motorola MOTOSPLIT Render Gives Android Wings, Hopes AT&T Flies

By: Motorola MOTOSPLIT: More Rumored Details | Android Phone Fans

Motorola MOTOSPLIT: More Rumored Details | Android Phone Fans — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:07:34 +0000

[...] first time we saw this was just a couple weeks ago and today’s tipster reiterates a 3rd quarter launch on AT&T. But this time around we get [...]

By: swehes

swehes — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:51:05 +0000

@Question
add Android 2.1 and you don’t need to be able to type and drive at the same time as you only have to dictate your message.

By: Question

Question — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:11:42 +0000

Why wont it take off? Because of the click? No. Because of the potential to break? No. Because there is no battery? No. Because you can’t drive and text with it? Yes.

By: Niels

Niels — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:21:33 +0000

It is absolutly something for my wife, she still uses her old Nokia 6820, she will not trade with any other phone ;-)

By: Mensahwatts

Mensahwatts — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:06:09 +0000

Looks like…a transformer in mid transformation lol….but I can not say much else about it until/if it comes out

By: Nev

Nev — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:56:20 +0000

Yeah it realy looks like the E70

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_E70

By: Ripslash

Ripslash — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:35:53 +0000

Hideous

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:08:38 +0000

haha i meant htc

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:08:22 +0000

AT&T is really gonna blow it if they bring this into their lineup. They already have the unorthadox backflip, motorola is trying to hard here. they need a phone to challenge the droid and nexus one. iphone is on the way out of exclusivity and they need to have an awesome android phone, not this crap. hopefully gtc comes through.

By: Drago

Drago — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:30:22 +0000

I like the idea. I had a 6820 (still works) as well as a couple E70s (one with European and one with US frequencies). I have had a G1 for a while and I love it. I am anxiouly waiting for an AT&T android and this one could be the one. Hopefully they would leave it with a native android instead of Motoblur.

By: deezle

deezle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:04:40 +0000

Yaaaawnnnn.What kind of real power or memory can they possibly cram into that thing?On the one hand(pun intended),IMO having each hand supporting each board would seem to alleviate any concerns about flimsiness.On the other hand(yeah,I know),whatever kind of detent locked the boards in their closed positions would seem to decide whether or not one of them got accidentally snapped off.For instance,pulling that dainty f***er out of your pocket,one snags on some jean stitching,(or sweatpants stitching),hand slips off,halfway open phone hits concrete,water,lava,what have you.Bad day ensues.

By: The izA

The izA — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:13:04 +0000

While it appears it might be nice to have split keys, it may make looking at your keys a little more difficult since the are spread out. Also, some times while I batting out text with my thumbs, it’s nice to have the ability to have one thumb “crossover” to the other side of the keyboard to speed up typing. With split keys that’s not an option.

By: KDawg

KDawg — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:48:59 +0000

@DanielthePoet and Bob – Yes, I had this Nokia 6800 too. It was an extremely functional texting phone that seemed ahead of its time. I never understood why this particular phone or the general style of this phone never took off, especially considering how common texting and e-mailing through phones has become. However, the way this Motorola would require two flimsy slide-outs instead of the single flip action of the Nokia, I question the durability of this new concept.

Thanks for bringing up the Nokia 6800 – I never met anyone else who had one of these great phones!

By: B

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:45:23 +0000

As Rob said, it’s probably not very “clicky”, too bad. I think a form factor I’d like is a Blackberry 8520-like with a way to integrate Android, touch-screen probably. Or something close. Sorry for the smaller screen, but I think this real-keyboard layout is a killer.
Please some HTC/Motorola engineer read this post ;)

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:32:09 +0000

Probably the ugliest phone I’ve ever seen…